Family Flees House Fire

DIGEST

February 3, 1991|Staff reports

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A mother and three children escaped a Saturday morning fire that started while the children were playing with matches, a fire official said.

The fire destroyed the bedroom where it began, and the rest of the house in the 1400 block of Northwest 13th Court had heavy smoke damage and is uninhabitable, Battalion Chief Manny Catanni said. Damage to the one-story structure was estimated at $20,000, he said.